Season 26 of The voice is coming to an end and there are only five artists left. With the top 8 who made it to the live shows now reduced to the top 5, it’s a good time to get to know the remaining singers. One of them will be the winner The voice Season 26, after all. Maybe it’s Sydney Sterlace, the 16-year-old phenom and sole representative of Team Gwen in the final episodes. Here’s everything you need to know about Sterlace before Season 26 ends on December 10.

who is The voice Artist Sydney Sterlace?

Sydney Sterlace is a young singer from West Seneca, New York, a suburb of Buffalo. In contrast to many artists The voiceSterlace doesn’t come from a musical family, but her talent was undeniable and her family supported her from a young age. She began participating in local talent shows at age seven and won first place in the Erie County Fair talent competition at age ten. Since then, she has sung the national anthem at a Buffalo Bills game and she has sung it many times for the local minor league baseball team, the Buffalo Bisons.

Sterlace recently won a TikTok challenge sponsored by BroadwayEvolved and was flown to New York City for a week-long Broadway intensive training with Bestsy Wolfe, an actress who was nominated for a Tony in 2023 for her role in the play & Julia.

Sterlace just turned 16 – she was only 15 when she performed in her blind audition.

Sydney Sterlace’s journey continues The voice

Sterlace was a leading candidate The voice From the beginning. At her blind audition, she sang Olivia Rodrigo’s very first single: “Driver’s License” and received the coveted 4-Chair Turn from the coaches. She decided to choose Gwen Stefani as her trainer, perhaps because Stefani compared her voice to Rodrigo’s. All four coaches were very impressed with Sterlace’s pipes and said that she sounded like a much more mature and competent singer than her age would suggest.

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In the battles, Sterlace was paired with Sloane Simon, a singer from Team Gwen. The couple sang “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish. Although Stefani had said during rehearsals that she had some concerns about Sterlace’s youth, those doubts evaporated once the singer was actually on stage, and she named Sterlace the winner.

“I had to go with Sydney,” Stefani said. “The fact that she’s 15 and can take care of the lyrics and be so dynamic when she’s there is amazing, and she’s really grown through rehearsals.”

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Sterling next triumphed at the Knockouts, where she sang “Bruises” by Lewis Capaldi. After that performance, Snoop Dogg made a prediction that could potentially come true.

“You sound like you could win the show!” said the rapper.

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During the playoffs, Sterlace sang Taylor Swift’s “Betty” and advanced to the live rounds.

On the first night of the live shows, Sterlace sang Billie Eilish’s “When the Party’s Over” in dramatic backlighting. To find out who wins The voiceWatch the finale on Tuesday, December 10th at 9/8c on NBC and the next day on Peacock.